COACHING PRINCIPLES VIEW AHEAD EXAM QUESTIONS FULL SOLUTION GUIDE
Coaching Principles Study Guide 2026/2027
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Question:
Fatigue
Answer:
Too demanding
Question:
Should not be used for dangerous tasks
Answer:
What is distributed practice? - ✔✔Provides a variation to massed practice, as it allows breaks to be
had throughout the session ✔✔Advantages of distributed practice - ✔✔-breaks can be used for
mental rehearsal/practice useful when skill is physically demanding useful when there's element of
danger good for complex skills requiring concentration
Question:
effective for those with lower levels of fitness
Answer:
Disadvantages of distributed practice - ✔✔time consuming negative transfer more experienced
athletes find the breaks unnecessary ✔✔What is variable practice? - ✔✔Suited for open skills.
Allows the environment to be manipulated by the coach to allow the performer to experience
performing the skill in potentially competitive situations ✔✔Advantages of variable practice - ✔✔-
helps improve the performer's decision making and selective attention skills, as they learn the
optimal responses to a number of competitive situations. it is more realistic for a competitive
Question:
helps break the monotony of training
, Answer:
Disadvantages of variable practice - ✔✔- cannot be used effectively for closed skills
Question:
can overwhelm beginners who do not have the decision making skills to focus on the correct
stimulus
Answer:
The Orchestrator approach - Jones and Wallace (Jones, 2006) - ✔✔Orchestration becomes a
coordinated activity expressed by coaches to plan, organise, monitor and respond to evolving
circumstances to seek individual and collective improvement in those being coached. Coaches are,
therefore, flexible, considerate, open-handed, sensitive. ✔✔Reflection. Gilbert and Trudel (2001) in
Jones (2006). - ✔✔Increased knowledge required in a wide range of areas. Reflection of ones
sessions are required to improve one's performance ✔✔Schon - Technical rationality - science not
intuition - ✔✔Knowing in action - our everyday lives and experiences Problematic situations -
uncertainty, disorder Reflection in action - time in which it is still possible to make a difference
✔✔According to Gilbert and Trudel (2001) what are the 4 stages of a 'reflective' conversation? -
✔✔1. issue setting 2. generate a strategy 3. experimentation 4. evaluation ✔✔What are the 5 stages
of Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - ✔✔1. physiological 2. safety 3. love / belonging 4. esteem 5.
self-actualisation ✔✔Who coined, and what is achievement motivation? - ✔✔(Nicholls, 1984)
Question:
athletes seek motivation in two ways: achievement is based success achievement is based on not
failing
Answer:
What are the four elements of negligence? - ✔✔1. duty of care 2. standard of care 3. that there is
loss, harm, damage or injury to the athlete 4. the breach of duty contributes to the loss or injury to
the performer ✔✔What is duty of care? - ✔✔there exists a duty of care towards the athlete or
performer Neighbourhood Principle Common Sense Reasonable person test ✔✔What is Standard of
Care? - ✔✔Whether the relationship was such that the coach should have contemplated that their
negligent act could lead to the injury that related. There is a level of behaviour that is acceptable to
the courts and the Law protects those that meet it RISK ASSESSMENTS ✔✔What are contractual
issues? - ✔✔Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 An agreement has been made Intention is
legally binding ✔✔What is the Occupiers Liability Act? - ✔✔common care to users protect
trespassers from danger sports facilities atttractive to children ✔✔What are the ethical
considerations within a risk assessment? - ✔✔Physical contact Coaching unsupervised Regular
Coaching Principles Study Guide 2026/2027
Questions and Answers Verified Solutions Latest
Update
Question:
Fatigue
Answer:
Too demanding
Question:
Should not be used for dangerous tasks
Answer:
What is distributed practice? - ✔✔Provides a variation to massed practice, as it allows breaks to be
had throughout the session ✔✔Advantages of distributed practice - ✔✔-breaks can be used for
mental rehearsal/practice useful when skill is physically demanding useful when there's element of
danger good for complex skills requiring concentration
Question:
effective for those with lower levels of fitness
Answer:
Disadvantages of distributed practice - ✔✔time consuming negative transfer more experienced
athletes find the breaks unnecessary ✔✔What is variable practice? - ✔✔Suited for open skills.
Allows the environment to be manipulated by the coach to allow the performer to experience
performing the skill in potentially competitive situations ✔✔Advantages of variable practice - ✔✔-
helps improve the performer's decision making and selective attention skills, as they learn the
optimal responses to a number of competitive situations. it is more realistic for a competitive
Question:
helps break the monotony of training
, Answer:
Disadvantages of variable practice - ✔✔- cannot be used effectively for closed skills
Question:
can overwhelm beginners who do not have the decision making skills to focus on the correct
stimulus
Answer:
The Orchestrator approach - Jones and Wallace (Jones, 2006) - ✔✔Orchestration becomes a
coordinated activity expressed by coaches to plan, organise, monitor and respond to evolving
circumstances to seek individual and collective improvement in those being coached. Coaches are,
therefore, flexible, considerate, open-handed, sensitive. ✔✔Reflection. Gilbert and Trudel (2001) in
Jones (2006). - ✔✔Increased knowledge required in a wide range of areas. Reflection of ones
sessions are required to improve one's performance ✔✔Schon - Technical rationality - science not
intuition - ✔✔Knowing in action - our everyday lives and experiences Problematic situations -
uncertainty, disorder Reflection in action - time in which it is still possible to make a difference
✔✔According to Gilbert and Trudel (2001) what are the 4 stages of a 'reflective' conversation? -
✔✔1. issue setting 2. generate a strategy 3. experimentation 4. evaluation ✔✔What are the 5 stages
of Maslow's Hierachy of Needs - ✔✔1. physiological 2. safety 3. love / belonging 4. esteem 5.
self-actualisation ✔✔Who coined, and what is achievement motivation? - ✔✔(Nicholls, 1984)
Question:
athletes seek motivation in two ways: achievement is based success achievement is based on not
failing
Answer:
What are the four elements of negligence? - ✔✔1. duty of care 2. standard of care 3. that there is
loss, harm, damage or injury to the athlete 4. the breach of duty contributes to the loss or injury to
the performer ✔✔What is duty of care? - ✔✔there exists a duty of care towards the athlete or
performer Neighbourhood Principle Common Sense Reasonable person test ✔✔What is Standard of
Care? - ✔✔Whether the relationship was such that the coach should have contemplated that their
negligent act could lead to the injury that related. There is a level of behaviour that is acceptable to
the courts and the Law protects those that meet it RISK ASSESSMENTS ✔✔What are contractual
issues? - ✔✔Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 An agreement has been made Intention is
legally binding ✔✔What is the Occupiers Liability Act? - ✔✔common care to users protect
trespassers from danger sports facilities atttractive to children ✔✔What are the ethical
considerations within a risk assessment? - ✔✔Physical contact Coaching unsupervised Regular
